URGENT: Kirkuk Church attacked, 14 persons, including children injured

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: At least 14 persons, including children, have been injured in a booby-trapped car explosion close to a Church in central Kirkuk on Tuesday, according to a Kirkuk Police source, who suspected the existence of another booby-trapped car close to another Kirkuk church.   “A booby-trapped car blew off early on Tuesday close to a Church, carrying the name of the “Sacred Family,” in central Kirkuk ’s Shaturlu district, wounding 14 persons, among them children and causing huge damage to the church and its surrounding houses,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   The security source said “he suspected the existence of another booby-trapped car close to the west Kirkuk’s ‘Anglican Church,’ thing that forced strict security measures, closing main roads and the existence of anti-explosive experts, close to the suspected car,” giving no further details.   The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad .   SKH (IT)   1197